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New Radisson Blu planned in Sheffield
Plans to build a new hotel in the centre of Sheffield have been approved.
The new hotel will be the four-star Radisson Blu Hotel Sheffield. It will form part of Heart of the City II, a mixed-use commercial, leisure, retail and residential development in the city centre.
Radisson Blu Hotel Sheffield will be built in two blocks separated by a new courtyard. One block will be housed in the 19th century Palatine Chambers in Pinstone Street with the other, a new connecting building on the site of Barkers Pool House on Burgess Street.
Radisson Blu Sheffield will have 154 bedrooms, conference and events facilities, a restaurant and bar as well as a rooftop bar and restaurant with views of the Peace Gardens and Winter Gardens.
Radisson Blu Hotel, Sheffield is set to open in 2023, and will be the group’s first hotel in the city.
Radisson Blu Hotel, Sheffield is around a ten-minute walk from Sheffield station.
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Lake District Hotel plans expansion
The Swan Hotel and Spa in Newby Bridge, the converted 17th-century coaching inn in the Lake District is planning a major expansion. A £7million investment will result in 30 additional bedrooms and a luxury spa development. Target date for the opening is summer 2021.
The Swan Hotel and Spa currently has 51 bedrooms with a restaurant and bar plus a spa and hot tub. The Swan Hotel and Spa has four fully equipped meeting rooms accommodating up to 272 delegates with the largest room seating 100 delegates theatre style.
The Swan Hotel and Spa overlooks Lake Windermere in Cumbria. It is around 15 miles from the M6, 90 miles from Manchester International Airport and 60 miles from Carlisle.
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Topping out at new hotels in Manchester
Construction has reached its highest point on a £50million construction at St Peter’s Square in Manchester, which when complete in autumn 2012 will house both a Motel One and a Staycity Aparthotel.
The ground floor up to the 8th storey of the building will house 328 Motel One bedrooms, with amenity areas at street level. Floors nine to 20 will feature 256 studio and one-bedroom units for Staycity. It will be branded as a Wilde Aparthotels by Staycity.
Internal fit-out at the hotel is already progressing with most of the Motel One section almost completed.
Motel One St Peter’s Square will be the third Motel One to open in Manchester. It joins the 330-bedroom Motel One Piccadilly in London Road and the 302-bedroom Motel One Royal Exchange in Cross Street. It will be the second Staycity to open in Manchester. It will join the 182-apartment Staycity Manchester Piccadilly, a short walk from Piccadilly station.
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Construction underway on Cambridge hotel
Construction work has just commenced in Cambridge to convert an old police station into a boutique hotel.
Hobson House is a Grade II-listed building in St Andrews Street dating back to 1901 and which served as a police and fire station in Cambridge. Hobson House stands on the site of the former Spinning House, the house was founded by Mr Hobson in 1628 and served as a workhouse before being turned into a prison and a ‘house of correction’.
Hobson House is to become a 56-bedroom, all-suites boutique hotel and tea room operated by Rogue City Hotels.
Hobson House will retain many of the building’s historic features. The ornate entrance hall, the former Chief Constable's Office and original stained-glass windows are being restored. Parts of the building are to be demolished with new wings built.
Construction work is expected to complete autumn 2022.
Hobson House is located on the banks of the River Cam in the centre of Cambridge. It is around 45 minutes from central London.
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Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia opens March 2021
The first Hilton Garden Inn brand to open in Wales is nearing completion and is due to open at Snowdonia Adventure Parc in Dolgarrog in March 2021.
Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia will be a four-storey hotel with 106 bedrooms. Facilities include a Wave Garden Spa and Zephyr’s Restaurant & Bar, a ground floor restaurant which overlooks the surf lagoon, part of the wider adventure park.
Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia will include corporate conference and meeting facilities for up to 230 delegates.
The Wave Garden Spa will feature indoor and outdoor treatment areas, including vitality pools, a yoga studio, hammam and Himalayan salt sauna.
Hilton Garden Inn Snowdonia is located along the Conway Road, next to Adventure Parc Snowdonia, around seven miles from Conwy, and 10 miles from Betws-y-Coed in Snowdonia National Park.
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BrewDog opening in Manchester
BrewDog, the Aberdeenshire-based brewer, has unveiled plans to open its next hotel in Manchester.
It is planned to open in 2021 under the DogHouse brand – news which will no doubt bring a smile to the face of a colleague suffering with ‘Covid-fatigue’.
The proposed BrewDog site is currently an empty three-storey office building in Fountain Street in central Manchester.
BrewDog Manchester will have a fire pit and barbecue and 25 en-suite bedrooms which will feature Punk IPA on tap as well as ‘shower beer’ fridges in every room.
BrewDog Manchester will have a restaurant and bar on the ground floor plus a rooftop bar area.
BrewDog currently operate three hotels, one in Aberdeen and two in the USA. It is also planning to open a craft beer hotel in London.